CD Singles - Comments by Scallywagjazz1

CD Singles - Comments by Scallywagjazz1

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Scallywagjazz1 16th Dec 2018		CD Single John Martyn - Classic John Martyn (1986)	Interesting thread this - John Martyn's 'Angeline' was the first commercially released CD single. Dire Straits 'Brothers in Arms' (at just 700 copies sold on tour) was never commercially released. As Steve Kelly 1st has said there were no rules or guidelines in the early days of CD singles, it being such a new format, so Martyn (or Island) were able to get away with five tracks. Not sure why he mentions later that a 'single' is 15 or 24 minutes max and then adds a link to a website which clearly states 25 minutes max. Twenty-five minutes and four tracks was introduced as the onslaught of 12" singles in the early 80s with a variety of mixes and number of tracks ended up making it difficult to determine what constituted an album and or a single. Steve 'Silk' Hurley had a UK No. 1 with 'Jack Your Body' in January 1987 with 12" sales included when the 12" single was 27minutes 53 seconds long and therefore an album. It seems that no-one noticed it at the time. Compare that to the Beach Boys' albums Wild Honey and Friends for example which were both under 25 minutes in length.

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